Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-08-12

abandoned by these Indians after q
brief residence. The land upon which
they squatted temporarily belonged to
the Yankton Sioux and was ceded by
them to the United States government
in return, for certain annuities and the
reservation they now occupy in Charles
Mix county. General Camptsll says:
In 1865, after the Sioux war, many
Sioux Of different bands came down the
river to make the treaty of 1865. Some
of the Lower Brule, the Two Kettle and
Yanktonais bands finding the Winneba.
goes and Santees gone and an agent
| there, remained. The interior depart
ment made that point an agency, the
first on the river, for the late hostile
bands Of Sioux, as they were called, and
| since it has been continued as such !.
There was no guarantee to the Sioux
that any ofsthe lands were to be given
| them nor did they at any time claim
these lands. They knew that it pre-
viously belonged to the Yanktons end
| that the Yanktons ceded it to the United
States and secured annuities in con-
| siderahon of this sale. At the time the
reservation was surveyed and the land
entered upon by the Winnebagoes no
| Sioux were there; none ever claimed it
as their land.
Confirming his "reminiscences as an
officer of the United States government.
General Campbell says:
/ was from September, 1866, uatil
June, 1863, special agent for these nine
| bands OF Sioux; was with them in; all
| their councils in camp and in Washing
ton city; purchased for them annuities
and delivered to them their first annui-
ties in 1866. was present when Parkes
| and Sully were sent back by the interior
| department to make further treaties in
June, 1867, at old Fort Sully. / was
with the peace commission IN 1858, COM
posed of Generals Sherman, Harney,
Terry, Sanborn and Senator j. B. Hem
iderson and Commission of Indian Affairs
Tay lor. No grant, no assurance, no
promise was ever made to the present
Sioux squatters that they should hold
this land as their own. In fact there was
but one treaty made with the nine bands
Of Sioux, and General Sherman is mis-
taken when he say 8 he thinks some grant
wes given them when the commission
was with them in 1868. No provision
was made, no paper signed relative to
that land OF this time or any other time,
| All this is history and it comes from
the pen OF Ia prominent official partici.
pant in the transactions which gave o
struggling band of Sioux an unauthor-
lied foothoid upon the tract now claimed
for them by the government. This his
tofical testimony in confirmed in every
particular by Mejor j. r. Hanson, ther
Indian agent at the Grow Greek agency
and now citizen of Yankton. The eyi
dence against the Indian and in fayer oi
the white settler cannot be set aside, ex-
ceptlng by free use OF the
bayonets of the nation, an6
these have been employed to the shame
OF the government and the lifelong in
| jury Of colony OF poor and industrious
white settlers, eyioted by the soldiery.
| We have been given later revelation
concesning this deplosable affair, It'll
shown by the papers of white trade
at Grow creek, recently deceased. tina
the revocation OF President Arthur
order by President Cleveland wei
worked up" by him and that his pur
pose was to secure for himself larg,
tract of land upon the so.called reser.
walton. To this end bill was intro
daced in congress in his behalf but it wen
into oblivion with other unfinished bust
ness at the close OF the last term OF con
gress. After President Arthur hat
opened the Grow Greek country to set
tlement by proclamation this trade
! went to Washington and by the inau
epce he was able to command induce,
President Cleveland to rescind the pro
clsmation of his predecessor. 1t wa
!. lglven out, in support of this late
, proclamation, that the case had bee
, carefully examined into and the Ian
: was again set apart for Indian occupt
!, tion upon thu facts uneartbed by thi
: examination. 1t transpires that the ne
]. view of the Gaze was made by this trade
4 with land grant in his mind. Befor
his departure from Grow Greek he pr,
a fpared series Of kilograms to be ser
g him upon call showing an excited cor
i. dition of the Indians and peremptof
d demand for the revocation Of the orde
: These kilograms were received ct Wasl
-tl ington and used with effect. Presidel
i Arthur's proclamation was rescinde
and copy of the resembling order WI
a in possession of this trader several de-.
n before it was made public. This
4 another fragment of History in co
!, nection with the Grow Creek outrage.